Tarun Vij

View Mr. Vij’s presentation HERE.

Tarun Vij has worked in international development organizations since 2005 after transitioning
from a career as an entrepreneur in the automotive sector. He leads the India Country Program of
GAIN to drive impact at scale through partnerships with both the public and private sectors, and
in coordination with donors and the development partner community. Currently GAIN is
implementing projects on large scale food fortification, community management of severe acute
malnutrition and workplace nutrition in the tea sector in India.

Prior to joining GAIN, Tarun led the India country office of PATH, a global health non-profit,
executing projects in maternal and child health, tuberculosis control, vaccines, and immunization,
rice fortification, drug development, water and sanitation among others. These projects partnered
with government, civil society and the private sector in India.

Prior to PATH, Tarun served as Country Director for the American India Foundation, leading
AIF’s India programs focusing on maternal and child health; computer-aided learning among
middle school children; skills training for unemployed urban youth; primary education for
children of migrants; micro-finance for rickshaw pullers and a Fellowship program for young
American professionals to gain grassroots work experience in India.

He was previously the Project Director of TCI Foundation, implementing an HIV/AIDS
prevention program funded by Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation to reduce the spread of HIV in India through a national network of interventions
across India’s highway system.

Tarun holds an Honors degree in Electrical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh,
India and an MBA from the Ross School of Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.